Elric is the classic good guy, always doing the right thing and always coming in last. An attack from a trusted friend leaves Elric broken and on the verge of death. Max is a mechanic with a big problem. He’s afraid of flying. When the ships leave for Earth he stays behind, content to die with mars. But then he finds an injured Outlaw. Now it’s a race to get off the dying planet and save the club. Can they return home before all they love is shattered?

Look at the gorgeous cover! I had to take a second to appreciate that.

Okay, the book. Coy returns home to find his grandmother murdered, his brother missing and then he’s thrown in jail for being a shifter. Coy cellmate is none other than August, the man who supposedly killed Coy’s grandmother. They must survive each other, secret shifters and a scary breeding program.​What a ride this book is! From the very beginning the story and characters grabbed me. I love Coy, absolutely love him! He’s just trying to improve his family’s life and everything goes to hell. August is about as sexy as they come. I love the push and pull between these two. They go through a wild journey and end up having intense feelings for each other. The world building is beautifully brilliant. I really can’t say enough good about this book. I’m so excited this is a series!

A Matchmaker spreads his magic through a ballroom filled with sexy men. The deal is done, the lust is growing and men will find their mate this night. Matching Mates is a collection of six stories about the couples in the ballroom.

Wrong Place, Right TimeCatching His WolfTimid as a MouseTiger’s ReleaseMate’s Freedom Happy Ever Mate​Each story gives us two shifters who are going to find their mates. All of these stories are sexy! However, they follow the predictable formula of mate stories now-a-days. The romance is good but because of the mate thing it doesn’t really invoke those edge of your seat moments. I really liked the author’s writing style. I look forward to reading more from Bronwyn Heeley.​If you love the idea of mates than you should try this collection! ​

More than Teddy Bears play in the woods of Muir Forest. But that won't stop 20-yr-old Val (no last name) from traipsing through well-known shifter territory unarmed, no sir. Challenged to a duel by lion-shifter Riker, Val bolts and hides in a tree, catching him by surprise in more ways than one when she lands on him from above. Her scent awakens the blood bond between the Alpha named Riker and his fated mate. But since Val is human, a shifter-human mating bond is unprecedented, and the Alpha's Pride refuses to accept her. Val must prove herself and become worthy of being the Alpha's mate and usher in a new era in human-shifter relations.

Since this is book 2 in a series, perhaps some backstory from book 1 is missing; this might explain the lack of a surname for Val and why she decides to enter Muir Forest knowing what lurks there. (Gorilla shifters??? Eek.) I did like the concept of shifter society and human society co-existing as accepted fact, and the possibilities that the interbreeding of the two might bring about. But that's where the fascination ends. Again we have a feisty, smart-mouthed and not overly bright or attractive heroine being manifestly desired by a half-animal mate, and neither seem to have a choice in the matter. Indeed, Val has no intention of going quietly along with Riker, until biology predictably intervenes.

But when a formula works, it works. Time-strapped romance readers that enjoy a familiar shifter-human-fated-mate trope can 'devour' this lusty tale of Riker and Val's pairing in barely the time it takes to ride the bus to work. A daily commute delight!

​The media is hell-bent on exposing Winter’s private life; Cayden will do anything to protect her. But there’s more than just the paparazzi out to get them. Involved in an unprecedented web of strange events, and a string of lies about to break with devastating consequences, Winter must battle ghosts from her past that threaten to harm the man she loves? Faced with a choice she always knew she would have to make, and a secret of her own. Can the fairytale Winter’s been living with Cayden beat the odds of their reality and really come true?

When I read the first story, I thought it couldn’t get any better. I was so very wrong. Winter and Cayden are living an amazing fairytale of love. The feelings they have are stronger than ever. However, their perfect world is about to be shattered with lies and deceit. Winter’s story broke my heart in the beginning and then she found love again with Cayden. He is an amazing man who holds Winter and their love on a pedestal. The second book in this series is just as intense and beautiful as the first book. Their relationship has me reeling and feeling like I am on a roller coaster with my emotions.

I am sad to see the story end, but their love is truly epic and forever!

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​Glynis is tired of her strict upbringing and conservative ways. She answers an ad at a BDSM site for impact play. Her greatest fantasy is to be flogged. She soon meets Asa who’s been searching for the perfect submissive to call his own.

This is the third book in The Spanking Experiments. Glynis is tired of being the good girl and I commend her on her courage to answer that ad. I instantly liked her. Asa is a sexy dom but he hasn’t found that perfect sub yet. When they meet its fireworks and flogging. There is a lot of sexy, naked fun that will get you all hot and bothered. My only issue is that this story is very similar to the previous two. I wish the plot would have been a bit more complex. I still really enjoyed this story.​If you’re looking for sexy, stop right here. A Flogging Fantasy is a highly recommended read!

​Merle play’s a vampire on tv. His life’s looking up but then he encounters a group of hostile homophobes. He’s saved by the biggest, sweetest, man ever: Tom. Their lives are so different that a future may not be possible. How can the growing feelings between them last?

Merle is trying to figure his life out and I respect him for that. Sometimes it’s a rollercoaster and other times it’s a damn bungie jump. He starts this friends with benefits relationship with Tom after he is saved but there’s this part of him that wants more. Tom is also interested in getting this thing with Merle to the next level but because of heartbreaking past he’s hesitant. Tom is a gentle giant type but I felt like sometimes he is portrayed as almost mentally slow. It is really strange how the character kept fluctuating. His dialogue or thoughts or actions aren’t consistent. Tom and Merle’s romance is beautiful and I really enjoyed this story!

Julie Lavoie, the widow of an RAF pilot is marking time at her accounting job, the loss of her husband still a painful memory. A holiday visit from her son, 18 year old junior-A goalie Thierry LeBeouf makes life bearable, but when Thierry goes missing enroute to a tournament shortly after Christmas, Julie learns what you still have is more important than what you've lost, and that moving forward is the only way to let go of the past.

This novel is a complex read, the author weaving a rich tapestry of plot lines into the work. While quite enjoyable, the extreme level of detail made it difficult to decide in which genre it belongs, or who the story is actually about. A good plot is essential to a good story, but twists and subplots are a bit like salt in a recipe. The right amount makes it flavorful. Too much and all you taste is the salt. I was drawn to the book by its hockey theme and enjoyed the admirable hockey knowledge displayed in the writing, but in the end discovered it was more about Julie and her budding romance with FBI agent Luke Lucas.

That said, Thin Ice is a tremendous accomplishment in storytelling and an engaging read. The love story between Julie and Luke is heartwarming, and Thierry's upstanding personality and desire to do the right thing amid scary circumstances are admirable. Every hockey mom would want him as a son.

Those who like a bit of romance along with intricate multi-layered crime dramas will enjoy it. The rest of you, keep a pencil and scorecard handy.

Kasper has the unique ability to see if someone is telling the truth just by touching them. Her world is destroyed when her parents are killed and she knows who’s responsible. When she meets the mysterious Victor and James, it’s like meeting her soul mates. But danger isn’t far away. Can they keep her safe and claim her heart?

Did I ever mention how much I love twists on mythology? The Heroes of Olympus series by April Zyon really fills that category. There’s a great deal of twists, turns and details that make me really feel like I’m in this world. I love the drama in Kasper’s life because it feels so real. Victor and James are so damn sexy. I love how they interacted with Kasper. Together, the three of them really heated up the pages. The romance did happen quickly, though. I would have loved to them to get to know each other a bit more before all the sexiness happened.​Fatal Truths is another great addition to the series and I can’t wait to read more!

You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your parents. Young football star Buddy McNeal would like to change that, but when a chance meeting on a creek bank sets a future trainwreck in motion, he wished he'd picked his friends a little more carefully. Feeling betrayed and neglected after his parents' split, Buddy doesn't care much about anything, not even his promising football career. Crystal Crowe is a new girl at school, and describing her as coming from the wrong side of the tracks is an understatement. After a brief, eye-opening encounter, Crystal disappears until Buddy's senior year, just when his life is back on track. Helping a friend in need becomes an obsession for Buddy until the only kind of help Crystal wants may just get him killed.

This is a marvelous and well-written coming of age tale wrapped in edge-of-your-seat suspense. Told in a series of flashbacks as the main character is interrogated by police, it evokes all the great moments of a classic Perry Mason mystery, revealing one shocking detail after another and keeping the reader hooked until the very end.

The dialogue is wry and witty. The concerns, obstacles and temptations that contemporary young adults can face is vividly and entertainingly portrayed. We feel for Buddy even as he's making bad choices but in the end he shows true strength of character. We meet him as a disgruntled, naive teen but definitely leave him as a grown man.

Fine artist turned ink master Gillian (we never get to hear her last name) has spent a long time trying to forget the man who got under her skin every bit as permanently as the tattoos he taught her how to execute. A tragic loss for both her and Alex sent him overseas to serve his country and she into a dark tunnel of depression and denial. Both of them betrayed by a person who should have been closest to them. His reappearance at her place of employment, Ink Addicted, under a false name re-opens old wounds. But can she let him under her skin just one more time and take the first steps toward a second chance?

This short story covers all the bases of a good girl / bad boy, love-lost / love-found trope, but in record time. At 38 pages we enter the story several years after Alex and Gillian have met and fallen in love. He is from the wrong side of the tracks, and she is the mayor's arrow-straight daughter. Can anyone say 'West Side Story'? She's just beginning to repair her life and family relationships when Alex serendipitously appears in her strip-mall tattoo parlor as the boss's new hire. As ridiculously coincidental as that is, their reuniting is bittersweet and heart-wrenching and the sex scene scorching hot. The one thing holding it back from 5 stars is the editor's failure to catch several missing words such as "the, and, to" which made some sentences jarring and clumsy.